MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
One Month to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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